Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
85294
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/11/2005
Date of Amendment
22/11/2005
Name of Property
Blaenwaun Baptismal Pool
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
St. Dogmaels
Town
Cardigan
Locality
St Dogmaels
Easting
216023
Northing
245094
Street Side
Location
Over the stream on the west side of the lane that leads up the Waun valley to Blaenwaun Baptist chapel, 1km approx. from the town, and about 0.5km north of the chapel. In an enclosure entered by scrolled wrought iron gates.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
The chapel of Blaenwaun was founded in 1706, the present chapel rebuilt in 1885. It is not known when the Baptismal Pool was established in this location, but the location of the chapel on the hill top and at some distance from the nearest water-supply may suggest a long history for a pool at this detached site. The present pool is dated 1922, but this is a reconstruction of an earlier structure.
Exterior
Substantial baptismal pool, sunk into the ground over the course of a stream, and surrounded by tiered seating, giving the whole an amphi-theatre-like appearance. Brick and concrete (replacing or encasing an earlier stone structure). The concrete-floored pool is flanked to the north by four-tiered arcs of seating, and to the south by a wider 6-tier curving span; steps lead in to and out from the pool to west and east. Above the western (entrance) steps, a boulder incorporated into the structure served as a pulpit for the preacher.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its historic interest as a highly unusual baptismal pool, engineered and built on an ambitious scale. Unusual by virtue of its scale, but also for being located at some distance from its parent chapel, it is remarkable testimony to the strength of the Baptist tradition in this area.
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